philophobia-the fear of falling in love
or becoming emotionally connected
to someone...
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This is a story you've heard before, passed down through generations, about a young girl and a young boy who utterly despise each other.
Then, somehow, t...
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lxxix||james' special surprise
Yawning, Maria and Regulus are now back in their clothes and trudge down the stairs, seeing Sirius and Peter sat on the sofa with bottles of beer in their hands and Remus in one of the armchairs, slouched with his hips pushed forwards and a beer at his lips. James and Lily are nowhere to be seen and Mary is sat with Marlene and Dorcas beside the hot fire.
Maria smiles brightly and rushes over, wrapping her arms around the couple who laughs as the Potter girl falls to the floor with them.
"You okay, hun?" Marlene says, fixing some of Maria's hair and she nods with a small shrug. "Had some fun?" The blonde smirks, nodding to Regulus who sits on the sofa with Sirius smirking and talking to Peter about Maria and Regulus.
"Very funny." Maria rolls her brown eyes but shakes her head. "How was it—at your house?" She nods to Dorcas who smiles.
"Oh, amazing." Dorcas rambles. "Mum and Dad love Marls, and this was the first time they've seen her since we made everything official."
"They were so sweet." Marlene gushes, Mary continuing to gossip with the girls about their Christmas and Maria finds herself looking at the dancing flames of the fire. Finding herself wondering what it would be like if Regulus' parents weren't such dicks. What it would be like if maybe, just maybe, she was acceptable enough to be liked by them. Would Regulus be a death eater, probably. Would she have died? Probably.
"Alright!" James says, strolling in with Lily by his side. "Time for the surprise!"
Maria sighs, no one actually knows what this huge surprise is except James and Remus who had planned it all together. James beckons them all and Maria sighs, taking Regulus' outstretched hand that heaves her upright onto her feet and she smiles sweetly to which he rolls his eyes and kisses her temple.
The group trudge out to the side of the house, where the largest pet of the gardens are and James waves his wand, sparks flying out and lanterns are lit around something circular. Frowning and squinting, they all move closer to get a good look until Sirius yelps and falls to the ground.
They all freeze and see that it's a makeshift ice rink, probably created by magic, yet so beautifully done you would want this more. In the centre of the large rink, is carvings beneath the ice with the words 'Moony and Prongs present POTTER CHRISTMAS 1978'
Maria smiles, her hand intertwined with Regulus' as James waves his wand again and their shoes suddenly turn into ice skates, Lily beaming at the sight of the lanterns illuminating the rink as well as the stars in the sky.
"Well come on then." James rolls his eyes, pushing off onto the ice with Lily before instantly falling flat on his backside.
Maria steps onto the ice and turns to Regulus who looks at her and the ice with uncertainty making Maria frown, "what is it?"
